We are here to help students access and prepare for Higher Education in West Yorkshire.

Here you’ll find events such as open days, help choosing a course, and tips on application writing. We also provide advice on student finance, living away from home and insight into what to expect from Higher Education.

Don’t think that Higher Education is for you? Read our Myth Buster guide to clear up any misconceptions about further study.

The role of teachers, advisors, parents, carers and guardians is crucial in supporting students and potential students to access Higher Education. Whether supporting someone by raising attainment, helping them to make informed choices, or by providing practical information and guidance, Go Higher West Yorkshire can help.

We’ve compiled a list of resources, including lesson plans, videos, links to useful websites, quizzes and other activities, to help support learners’ attainment and aspirations, inform their choices about courses and careers, and to guide them through the application process and other practical issues on their journey to Higher Education.

If you would like to arrange a visit to your school, or require information about an event, contact the Go Higher West Yorkshire team.

Go Higher on tour – Bus on Briggate

It was closed to public vehicles way back in 1993. Then entirely closed to public transport in 1996.

So, you would need a good memory to remember seeing a bus parked on Briggate, Leeds. (I just about remember …)

That is unless you were in the city on Friday the 17th of August 2018. That was when the Go Higher West Yorkshire bus came to town; parking up on Briggate, for the day, to share its wares with the good people of Leeds. And what a day it was!

The Go Higher West Yorkshire team of Graham, Lucy, Gareth and Tom were joined by Amanda from Prospects, Lottie from Bauer Media – and Jacob and Billy, student ambassadors, from Leeds College of Building.

Our day on Briggate came just after the excellent A-level exam results across the region. And a record number of students achieving a university place nationally! Some 424,000. Yes, you read correctly: Four-Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand!!!

But at Go Higher West Yorkshire the mission continues, and the team spent the day talking about all things related to Higher Education with parents, carers, guardians, students, uncles, aunties, grandmas and grandads. Some of these conversations included:

Universities

Course options

Student Finance

Clearing

Student Accommodation

Higher and Degree level apprenticeships

Careers

Alongside providing expert advice across the various aspects of Higher Education, the team – or Billy and Jacob – also handed many coloured balloons to the young – and some not so young – pedestrians.

Balloons aside, we think this work is a vital part of the process when it comes to informing and inspiring young people to consider and understand the choices and options available to them.

So, watch out for the bus coming to an area near you soon.

And please do hop aboard, you never know, it could be the start – or the next stage – of your journey into Higher Education!

By Tom Senior, NCOP Outreach Officer

Your single point of contact for information on our Higher Education providers. Go Higher West Yorkshire (GHWY) is a partnership of 12 Higher Education providers which aims to prepare people for further learning.